On Thursday, May 28, 2015, the 2015 Prizes were awarded at a luncheon ceremony at Low Library on the Columbia University campus in New York City. The names of the Prizewinners had been announced on April 20, 2015.

Pulitzer Board chair Paul Gigot was the featured speaker. Gigot is editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal.

The video also features remarks by Pulitzer Administrator Mike Pride and President of Columbia University Lee C. Bollinger. It includes the presentation of the Prizes by President Bollinger.

The initiative will spark grassroots events and conversations across the country. We're hoping you will plan a seminar, workshop, performance or other program that will explore the impact of journalism and the arts on public life.

Even if you or your organization are just beginning to think about the many ways to participate in the Campfires Initiative, please provide us with as much information as you are able, so we can assist along the way. --05/19/2015

The website is open for entries in the 2016 Pulitzer Prize competitions for books, drama and music.

The entry deadline for books published in the U.S. between January 1 and June 15 is June 15, 2015. The deadline for book published between June 15 and December 31 is October 1, 2015. Books published in October, November and December must be submitted in galleys or page proof form.

The entry deadline for plays with U.S. productions in 2015, and for music with either a live U.S. premiere or release of a recording in 2015, is December 31.

In addition to submitting entries online, hard copies of books, play scripts and recordings must be sent to the Pulitzer office by the entry deadlines.

Please visit our How to Enter page for more information on guidelines and deadlines. --05/14/2015

Our archive now includes articles. columns, editorials, cartoons, photographs and other entry material submitted by Nominated Finalists for the 2015 Journalism Prizes.

Three finalists in each category are selected by separate Nominating Juries and passed to The Pulitzer Prize Board. The Board then chooses the winner from among the three finalists. The other two entries, not selected as Prize winners, are designated as Nominated Finalists.

Paul Gigot, the editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal, has been elected chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Gigot succeeds Danielle Allen, a scholar and author who is the incoming director of the Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. The Pulitzer Board chairmanship is a one-year appointment. Board members serve a maximum of nine years.

Gigot’s career at The Wall Street Journal spans 35 years. He has held his current position since 2001. He is responsible for the newspaper's editorials, op-ed articles, arts criticism and book reviews. -- 05/04/2015

Winners' biographies and photos are available, along with winning stories, columns, editorials, photos and cartoons, in all 14 Journalism categories. Synopses of winning books, and samples from winners in drama and music are also available. Work by Journalism finalists will be posted in the coming weeks. -- 04/20/2015

P.J. Browning, publisher of The Post and Courier hugs reporter Doug Pardue (left), after learning the paper had been awarded the 2015 Public Service Prize. The Public Service gold medal, along with 14 other Prizes, will be awarded at a luncheon ceremony at Columbia University on May 28th.

Reporters Doug Pardue, Glenn Smith, Jennifer Berry Hawes and Natalie Caula Hauff worked on the Prizewinning series, Till Death Do Us Part, "a riveting series that probed why South Carolina is among the deadliest states in the union for women and put the issue of what to do about it on the state’s agenda."

From the Dallas Morning News Editorial: "Once a year, journalists gather in newsrooms nationwide, as they did last week, to learn the winners of the annual Pulitzer Prizes and pop champagne corks for awards received. This year, winning journalism ranged from coverage of domestic violence in South Carolina to Secret Service security lapses at the White House to a killer Washington state mudslide — and more...

"Cities, schools, universities, museums, libraries, community centers, festivals, organizations and book clubs are invited to join in the Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative, a $1.5 million project developed by the Pulitzer Board in partnership with the Federation of State Humanities Councils.

The Pulitzer Prize Board, in preparation for the 100th awarding of the Prizes in 2016, is launching a $1.5-million national initiative to ignite broad engagement with the journalistic, literary and artistic values they represent.

The project, called the Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative, will generate grassroots events and conversations across the country throughout 2016 about the impact of journalism and the humanities on our lives and times, illuminating their value to public life today and imagining their future.

"We intend to reach diverse audiences, using Campfire events to foster invigorating discussions – much as actual campfires create circles of conversation – both in person and through social media,” said Joyce Dehli, Pulitzer Prize Board member and chair of the Campfires Initiative. “We also hope to inspire new generations of practitioners." -- 03/30/2015

The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, which honor the work of American newspapers and news sites, have expanded eligibility for two prize categories, Investigative Reporting and Feature Writing, to include many online and print magazines, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced today.

"After a considered review and discussion, we are adopting these changes in a spirit of experimentation, rooted in a commitment to the enduring values of great journalism," said Danielle Allen, chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board. "We have chosen to focus our evolution on investigative reporting because of its relevance to public life and feature writing because of its emphasis on literary merit." -- 12/08/2014

Mike Pride, the former editor of the Concord Monitor who led his small New Hampshire newspaper to national prominence and served as co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board, has been named administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.

The appointment, effective Sept. 1, was announced by the Pulitzer Board and by Lee C. Bollinger, president of Columbia University, where the prestigious prizes in journalism, letters, drama and music are administered.

Pride succeeds Sig Gissler, 78, former editor of The Milwaukee Journal and Columbia Journalism School faculty member, who will retire Aug. 1 after 12 years as administrator.

Pride, 67, became editor of the Monitor in 1983 after serving as managing editor. Under his leadership the Monitor won the New England Newspaper of the Year Award 19 times, as well as numerous national awards for excellence. The paper was cited by Time magazine and the Columbia Journalism Review as one of the best papers in the country. In 2008, the Monitor won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.-- 07/01/2014